eli5 Is it correct to think of events happening on the far side of the universe or in a different galaxy as occurring “at the same time”?

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eli5 Is it correct to think of events happening on the far side of the universe or in a different galaxy as occurring “at the same time”?

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Think of a thunderstorm. We know that the lightning and thunder occur “at the same time”, however we on earth observe the lightning first, and the thunder a few seconds later depending on how far away it originated.

It’s all relative.

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